A predictive model of advancement genioplasty in Class III bimaxillary surgical cases.

INTRODUCTION: The aim of our study was to try to standardize the surgeon's clinical sense in order to avoid revision surgery.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-nine patients with skeletal Class III treated by bimaxillary surgery were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. These patients were divided into two groups according to the type of surgery: Group 1 (G1): bimaxillary surgery alone, and Group 2 (G2): bimaxillary surgery with genioplasty. The study was conducted based on the presurgical (t0 ) and postchirurgical (t1 ) lateral cephalograms. The different changes were compared between the two groups using the Mann-Whitney Test. One way and multiple linear regression analyses were used to determine the variables influencing the amount of displacement of the chin fragment during the genioplasty procedure. The significance level was fixed at 0.05.

RESULTS: The labiomental profile was significantly more improved in group G2 (bimaxillary surgery with genioplasty), the aesthetic changes included the thickness increase of the lower labial sulcus and soft tissue pogonion, and also the reduction of the labiomental angle (P<0.05). Only the presurgical value of the labiomental angle would influence the amount of chin displacement. Starting from the regression analysis, we suggested a predictive equation allowing to predict this amount of displacement, based on the presurgical value of the labiomental angle.

CONCLUSION: The analysis of changes (specifically the aesthetic ones) between the two groups of patients, allowed the proposal of a model predicting the amount of chin displacement performed in genioplasty group, based on the presurgical parameters. This model could contribute to determine an indicative value for bimaxillary surgery with additional genioplasty.